Yes, it has been awfully quiet on the blog during the last weeks. Which is due to the fact that our live is not quiet at all right now. The last weeks months have been extremly energy-sapping and it feels like our batteries discharge faster than they charge.

There have been beautiful moments during the last weeks, without doubt. The wedding be attended, for instance, was amazing. Beautiful location, excellent food, great company! The little one was very fascinated by all the hassle, so right now her yellow bunny is being wedded every day. Our 1,5 days in Berlin were great because we got to spend whole day in the Tierpark and I was finally able to spend a relaxed evening with my friend again who I hadn’t seen for two years. And even in our daily routine there are many moments to savour: the first blueberries on our balcony. Rasberry pie with rasberries from our garden. Laughing kids in the paddling pool. The big delivery of salty licorice from the north. Or the cheer-up package from Finland.

But besides all these moments there are also so many things that tire us out. The nine hour journey with two kids for just one weekend is certainly no holiday. To wake up every morning, every stupid morning between 4:30 and 5:30 am with a crying baby, is certainly not relaxing. Especially if that situation has lasted months now and doesn’t look to get better soon. To have two job interviews two days after our return from the wedding and to fly back to Germany for one day just to attend one is exhausting for Karsten. To stay at home with a continuously ill-tempered and feverish hobbit and a tired little one isn’t really fun either. The stupid cold that has been staying with me for a week now is not welcome anymore. And then there is the ongoing thinking about our future.

At least, I completed my last project at work. And who knows, maybe at the end of this week we’ll know where we’ll stay for the next years. Maybe we’ll then be able to relax a little. Lets wait and see.

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Familial entropy - that's an insight into our current life which has been fundamentally changed last summer when our daughter was born. Having studied in Cottbus, Germany, and worked/studied in Edinburgh, Scotland, we momentarily live in a small town in Switzerland where Karsten is trying to save the environment and Freddie is trying to save our sanity. Since there is not much time for elaborate, long emails while doing that, we thought a blog might be a good option to smuggle ourselves into the lifes of our friends.